SACEM welcomes France's adoption of EU's CabSat Directive

By Emmanuel Legrand

France's Council of Ministers has adopted the ordinance transposing into French law the European Union's Directive known as "Cable-Satellite," which was voted in 2019 by the European Parliament. 

  The Directive aims to facilitate the circulation of television and radio programmes within the European Union, while ensuring fair remuneration for creators and other rights holders. 

  French rights society SACEM welcomed the implementation of the Directive, which it said clarifies the legal regime applicable to the transmission of television channels by direct injection, the process by which most television programmes are broadcast today in Europe. 

A balanced legal framework

  "The principle of the joint responsibility of broadcasters and distributors is now clarified in the event of direct injection: each will have to obtain an authorisation from the rights holders and pay them remuneration, for the exploitation of their works," noted SACEM.

  For SACEM, the Government's proposal establishes "a balanced legal framework that respects copyright and makes it possible to guarantee fair remuneration for authors, composers and music publishers, at a time when this is more vital than ever."